Baloch Rebels Release Video Of How They Blew Up Train Tracks, Took Hostages
A rebel group in Pakistan's south-western Balochistan bombed a section of the railway track and stormed a train on Tuesday afternoon in the mountainous southwest, shows a video released by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the group behind rising violence in the province which borders Afghanistan and Iran.
More than 450 passengers were on board when the rebels captured the train at the entrance of a tunnel in a remote frontier district, with an unknown number of hostages still being held. Pakistan security forces have launched a "full-scale" operation to rescue train passengers.
The 1 minute 23 seconds of the grainy footage shows passengers huddled on the ground silhouetted against the mountain, with rebels, holding guns, keeping a watch over them.
